Raglan-Manu Bay surf break

Raglan-Manu Bay surfForecast / Raglan and West Waikato / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 NZDT
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Raglan-Manu Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raglan-Manu Bay sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Raglan-Manu Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Raglan-Manu Bay at 10PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)--
Afternoon (21 Nov)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Raglan-Manu Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414131314141415151515141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)934961801778778790801874924975988936789789678668512475491484484587587578
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassglassoffoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
2.71
12:10PM
2.85
12:28AM
2.69
12:44PM
2.82
1:04AM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
0.47
6:04AM
0.40
6:23PM
0.52
6:39AM
0.46
6:59PM
0.59
7:16AM
0.54
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:54-------5:54--
Sunset-8:15-------8:16-------8:17------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181715141413171819171514131317191817151414131617
Feels °C (?)161615141412161717151413131317171515141212111414
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